European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 7, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday january 7, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 5 keeps out Aid Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina apr Sarajevo a Airport was closed to vital . Aia flights for a second Day thursday As hundreds of serbian shells thundered Down on the besieged bosnian capital. Fighting also flared in other trouble spots across Bosnia and Herzegovina further dimming prospects for planned peace talks among the country a three warring factions Jan. 18 in Geneva. Sarajevo residents were awakened at 6 . Thursday by the sickening thud of Shell explosions across the City. The shelling came a Day after one of the capitals most intense bombardments in months. A for Sarajevo this is one of the worst Days since the beginning of the aggression a state run bosnian radio said thursday. A a the whole City is under artillery fire from All serbian positions around despite the shelling friends and survivors of two related families the Dragnich and the Tatarevich buried six family members killed in a single Shell blast As they sat Down for a meal tuesday afternoon. A does anybody in the world care or have nightmares because of what happened to us a cried Maja Dragnich 16, one of the few surviving family members. Referring to wednesdays bombardment . Spokesman maj. Ides Bald Van Biesbroeck said the shelling was sometimes so intense that . Monitors could not count the explosions. At least two people were killed and 32 wounded wednesday the toll was expected to go higher. Since new year s Day at least 31 people have been killed and dozens wounded in Sarajevo. The City a Airport also came under fire forcing its closure wednesday and thursday. Sarajevo a 380,000 residents rely almost exclusively on Aid flights for food and Medicine. The City also remained without water and electricity. Briton to replace general who quit . Post in Bosnia by the new York times United nations a British general will replace a belgian who asked to be relieved Early As commander of . Peacekeepers in Bosnia and Herzegovina the United nations said wednesday. It. Gen. Michael Rose 53, will replace it. Gen. Francis Brique Mont 58. Brique Mont had asked to be relieved of his Post Halfway through his one year tour the United nations said tuesday. As head of the peacekeeping troops in Bosnia Rose will command about 12,000 troops from a dozen countries. Rose will become the third commander of the peacekeeping forces in Bosnia since the posts creation in october 1992. He will take Over later this month. Extremist Vladimir v. A Mirinovsky shows off his parliamentary identification card on thursday in car in u.s., a Mirinovsky exhorts Shch Elkono Russia a russian extremist Vladimir v. A Mirinovsky called president Clinton a Coward thursday and said he should stay Home and a play his saxophone instead of coming to Moscow. Clinton arrives wednesday for a three Day Summit with russian president Boris n. Yeltsin. A what kind of american president is he a a Mirinovsky asked. A a he a coming and he a not going to meet with me let him play his saxophone instead of coming Here and meeting with nobodies a the White House has made it Clear that Clinton will not meet with a Mirinovsky whose Ultra nationalist views have been compared to those of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. Clinton a should no to show that he is such a Coward. He should meet me personally and 1 will Tell him everything a the 46-year-old russian politician said. A Mirinovsky spoke to reporters while receiving his membership card to russians new parliament at a Brief ceremony in Shch Elkono 15 Miles cast of Moscow. A a a Quot a a a a. A his Liberal democratic party was the top vote Etter in dec. 12 elections. His Success shocked Cut sin a supporters and alarmed the West. Thursdays remarks were another Vintage performance for a Mirinovsky who is known for outrageous statements. Besides mocking Clinton he said a the leaders of France and Germany were also afraid to meet with him which is More evidence that the West has a become Rotten and a russians Navy should blockade Japan if Tokyo refuses to sign a treaty formally ending world War ii hostilities Between the two countries. The soviet czechoslovak and polish delegates to a 1951 conference on the japanese peace treaty refused to sign the pact. A Russia will turn the sea of okhotsk into a private fishing ground cutting off japanese korean and other fleets. A he plans to become chairman of parliaments foreign relations committee fire foreign minister Andrei v. Kozarev and then become russians foreign minister himself. A Yeltsin should show up at the Kremlin Only for ceremonial in Congress found to reap group s Aid Boston apr the american medical association gives More Money to members of Congress who oppose its official positions on smoking and other major Public health issues than it does to its supporters an analysis shows. The review suggests that the Ama is More concerned with How House members stand on economic matters which ultimately influence How much Money doctors make than it is with their views on health affairs that affect the Public. Researchers looked at representatives votes on smoking gun control and a regulation that prohibited doctors in federally funded clinics from talking to patients about abortion. It found that those who voted against the amass stands on these issues averaged $4,470 More in Ama donations during the past two congressional campaigns than did those who sided with the organization which has 296,000 members. The Ama discounted the study a conclusions saying the subject was too Complex to be Analysed by such a a a simplistic approach. The study was conducted by Joshua Sharfstein a student at Harvard medical school and his father Steven a psychiatrist at Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital in Baltimore. A i am concerned that the positions of american Medicine Are not being reflected Well in the political contributions of the amass political action committee a said the elder Sharfstein. A a it a important for the Ama to represent the Best interests of our patients. A the Sharfstein Analysed donations by the american medical political action committee the amass political Wing during the 1989-1990 and the 1991-1992 political seasons. During those years the committee gave $5.3 million to congressional candidates. Washington apr surgeon general Joycelyn elders says smokers Are inflicting a a senseless harm on their children by polluting their Homes with cigarette smoke. Elders kicking off a new Campaign to decry secondhand smoke said 9 million children under the age of 5 live in Homes with at least one smoker and a Are exposed to secondhand smoke almost the entire elders joined leaders of the american Academy of otolaryngology head and neck surgery and Joan Lun Den of Abc Lvi a Good morning America at a Washington school thursday to launch the drive to arouse Public concern about the problem. An environmental Protection Agency report issued a year ago blamed secondhand smoke for causing 3,000 lung cancer deaths annually among adults and widespread illness among smokers children. The Home is not the Only trouble spot the surgeon general said. More than 725,000 children a Are exposed to secondhand smoke in their Day care centers a she said in remarks prepared for the Campaign Kickoff and Many others Are forced to breathe polluted air in cars restaurants malls and other Public places. Elders cited Epa statistics that secondhand smoke causes up to 300,000 lower respiratory tract infections each year in infants under 18 months and puts As Many As 15,000 of them in the Hospital. Children must be protected a from the senseless health Hazard of secondhand tobacco smoke a she said. Babies Are three times More Likely to die from sudden infant death syndrome if their mothers smoked during and after pregnancy elders said
